Fayette County PA Archives Military Records.....Hebb, James S. (Sybrant)
November 14, 1939
Civilwar - Letters Multiple Units
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Response To Request For INFORMATION
WAR DEPARTMENT, The Adjutant General's Office, Washington; November 14, 1939;
To Miss Mamie Hebb, 70 East Craig Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania:
Dear Madam:  Reference is made to your letter of October 18, 1939, requesting
a copy of the discharge certificate of your grandfather, James S. Hebb, and
information concerning your brother, James S. Hebb:

   The records of this office show that one James S. Hebb, age 22 years, was
enrolled MAY 20, 1861, at Grafton, Virginia, for a period of three years; was
mustered into the service MAY 25, 1861, at Wheeling, Virginia, as a private of
Captain Latham's Company, 2nd Regiment, Virginia Foot Volunteers, which
subsequently became Company B, 5th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry,
and was honorably discharged as a private, January 4, 1864, to enable him to
REENLIST as a Veteran Volunteer; reenlisted January 5, 1864 at Martinsburg,
West Virginia, for a period of three years as a Veteran Volunteer and private
of Company B, 5th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry; was transferred
later to Company H, same regiment; was transferred in December 1864, to New
Company H, 6th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and was honorably
discharged as a private to date, June 14, 1865, under the provisions of the
Act of Congress approved July 5, 1884.

The records also show that a James S. Hebb, Army serial number 6,747,513,
reenlisted September 23, 1938, at New York, N.Y., for three years.  A report
dated September 30, 1939, shows him a private, Detachment, Medical Department,
Sternberg General Hospital, Manila, P.I.

As the original discharge certificates of soldiers are not prepared in the War
Department, copies cannot be furnished.  Very truly yours, E.S. Adams, Major
General, The Adjutant General, By..(illegible initials)


Additional Comments:
James S. Hebb (Civil War vet, my great-great grandfather) is buried in the
Percy Methodist Cemetery, North Union Township, Fayette County, PA.
The 2nd James S. Hebb (U.S. Army enlisted, pre-WWII; my great uncle) is buried
in Ross Cemetery, in Hopwood.

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